Category Archives: Italian

Fusilli with mushrooms and kale 5/11/22

It’s pasta Wednesday! It’s also vegan Wednesday! I try to keep my Wednesdays vegan along with one or two other vegan or vegetarian days a week. This week along with with this pasta dinner, Friday (Afghani dal), Saturday (grilled porto … Continue reading

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Penne with broccoli and mushrooms 5/7/22

Saturday night’s quick and easy dinner was whole wheat penne with lots of mushrooms and broccoli. Cooked the mushrooms first with some onion, garlic, pepper flakes, salt, and oregano. I added the broccoli shortly before the penne was al dente. … Continue reading

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Spaghetti with tomato and mushroom sauce 4/30/22

I was supposed to be eating some sort of egg thing on Saturday since we were having a big family dinner on Sunday, the normal breakfast for dinner day. But I just could not make myself do it. We had … Continue reading

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Fusilli with mushrooms and kale 4/27/22

It’s Wednesday so it must be pasta! I cannot tell you how much I look forward to pasta night. Our pasta is a healthy, vegan bowl of vegetables and olive oil with some pasta water to make a thin sauce. … Continue reading

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I have been unable to post while away due to a feeble internet connection. I will be back with a new post on Friday, April 22, 2022.

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Vegan Spring pasta. 4/5/22

Asparagus is coming down in price as its season is beginning. It is a great Spring addition to our usual pasta plus vegetable plus mushrooms dinner. The only other ingredients are garlic, onion, oregano, and pasta water. And salt, do … Continue reading

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Vegetarian Italian stir-fry with eggs. 4/3/22

Just by changing up the spices I turned my Asian vegetables and eggs to a dish with Italian flavors. On the base of my bowl I used raw kale then I stir-fried carrots, celery, mushrooms, broccoli, and cabbage in some … Continue reading

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Fusilli with broccolini and mushrooms. 3/30/22

I suggested to John last night that maybe we should have pasta with vegetables twice a week. It is delicious, quick, inexpensive, and easy. Plus it’s vegan! Really how many dinners can check all those boxes! So I chopped up … Continue reading

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Fettuccine and tomato sauce with mushrooms and kale 3/22/22

We moved up our pasta night due to avocados not being ripe yet for our salmon sesame bowl. I have been keeping the avocados in a paper bag with an apple and I think they should be ready by Thursday. … Continue reading

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Shrimp with polenta and broccoli. 3/19/2

We have had this shrimp dish on and off the menu for weeks now and for some reason have never gotten around to making it. Well, the wait is over and it was really good! It was both light and … Continue reading

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